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Final Oscars Predictions
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 1, 2014
It is this time of the year when we, film lovers, get a little wet and try predicting the winners of the night of the films.
Having seen more than the half of the movies nominated I can say that it is an average year and that I'm expecting no real surprise for the night of March 2nd. Before s read more
12 Years a Slave
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 27, 2014
12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen, 2013)
Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a New York
State-born free negro who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. in 1841 and sold
into slavery. He worked on plantations in the state of Louisiana for twelve
years before his release.
Based on Solomon
NorthupR read more
LMdC’s 10 Most Expected Films of 2014
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 27, 2014
LMdC’s 10 Most
Expected Films of 2014
Well, why not? If this blog is centered on my journey
through the 1000 Greatest Films of All Time by They Shoot Pictures only I will
turn crazy from imposing to myself only acclaimed and older films than the new
titles of each year. When the time of the read more
Dallas Buyers Club
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 26, 2014
Dallas Buyers Club (Jean-Marc Vallée, 2013) Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey) discovers he has AIDS in 1985, a disease wrongly known as a consequence of being homosexual. He gets to illegally import drugs to treat his condition and help many other patients having the same disease to attenuate th read more
Her
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 25, 2014
Her (Spike Jonze, 2013)
In a near future, a
man has a hard time dealing with his divorce. He is mopey and lonely. He gets an
operating system with a female voice and slowly enters in a relationship with
her.
Theodore Twombly played by Joaquin Phoenix reminds us why he is the most talented act read more
Ace in the Hole
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 24, 2014
Ace in the Hole aka The Big
Carnival (Billy Wilder, 1951)
American film noir
starring Kirk Douglas as a cynical,
disgraced reporter who stops at nothing to try to regain a job on a major
newspaper.
After having been fired from eleven newspapers, Chuck Tatum
(Douglas) is stuck in Albuquerque, read more
Destiny aka Behind the Wall
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 21, 2014
Destiny aka Behind the Wall
(Fritz Lang, 1921)
In the Expressionistic
frame story, in which human lives are each represented by a candle, Death
grants a woman three chances to save her lover, if love can triumph over death.
The three stories within the story each occur in a setting that is nomina read more
Syndromes and a Century
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 19, 2014
Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006)
The film is a tribute
to the director's parents and is divided into two parts, with the characters
and dialogue in the second half essentially the same as the first, but the
settings and outcome of the stories different. The first part is read more
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 17, 2014
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (Russ Meyer, 1970)
Three young
women—Kelly MacNamara (Dolly Read),
Casey Anderson (Cynthia Myers), and
Petronella "Pet" Danforth (Marcia
McBroom)—perform in a rock band, The Kelly Affair, managed by Harris
Allsworth (David Gurian), Kelly's
boyfriend. The read more
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 14, 2014
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1972)
This film has an
all-female cast and is set in the home of the protagonist, Petra von Kant (Margit Carstensen). It follows the
changing dynamics in her relationships with the other women.
Written and directed by the Enfant te read more
The Docks of New York
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 12, 2014
The Docks of New York (Josef von Sternberg, 1928)
The story involves an
incredibly strong ship stoker named Bill (George
Bancroft) and the beautiful prostitute named Mae (Betty Compson), whom he saves from drowning. She was attempting
suicide as she had no money, almost no clothes and felt remors read more
J'ai mon voyage!
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 10, 2014
J’ai mon voyage! (Denis Héroux, 1973) Jean-Louis Cartier (Jean Lefebvre) from France decides to quit Quebec City to go live in Vancouver with a fifth wheel. The Cartier family of Danielle (Dominique Michel), François (René Simard) , and Luc (Régis Simard) embark on a road trip that will read more
The Big Heat
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 7, 2014
The Big Heat (Fritz Lang, 1953)
Homicide detective
Sergeant Dave Bannion (Glenn Ford)
is an honest cop who investigates the death of fellow officer Tom Duncan. It
would seem to be an open-and-shut case, suicide brought on by ill health.
Bannion, however, is contacted by the late cop's mistress, L read more
The Fortune Cookie
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 5, 2014
The Fortune Cookie (Billy Wilder, 1966)
CBS cameraman Harry
Hinkle (Jack Lemmon) gets injured
when football player Luther "Boom Boom" Jackson (Ron Rich) runs into him while he is covering a Browns game at
Cleveland Stadium. Harry's injuries are minor, but his conniving lawyer
brother-in-law Willi read more
February Update: Mike's Movie Goals 2014
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 4, 2014
Last year when I made my resolutions for 2013 I pretty much
made a list of films that were films I wanted to watch in priority and some
blindspot directors. Just look at my original post here.
During the year, I modified those goals and I got circling
around the list because I thought it was alrea read more
Tropical Malady
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 3, 2014
Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2004)
It is a film in two
segments – the first part a romance between two men, and the second a
mysterious tale about a soldier lost in the woods, bedeviled by the spirit of a
shaman.
The fourth feature film by Apichatpong Weerasethakul is a g read more
An Actor’s Revenge
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Jan 31, 2014
An Actor’s Revenge aka Revenge of a Kabuki Actor (Kon Ichikawa, 1963) Three men, Sansai Dobe (Ganjirō Nakamura), Kawaguchiya (Saburō Date) and Hiromiya (Eijirō Yanagi) are responsible for the deaths of seven-year-old Yukitarō’s mother and father. Yukitarō is adopted and brought up read more
Life Itself
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Jan 30, 2014
Life Itself (Steve James, 2014)
Based on Roger Ebert’s memoirs, Life Itself,
this documentary was directed by Steve James, who directed Ebert’s favorite
film of the 1990’s Hoop Dreams, is a naked portrayal of the film critic, the
man, and the life of the most popular film critic read more
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Jan 29, 2014
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong
Weerasethakul, 2010)
The film centers on
the last days in the life of its title character; Uncle Boonmee (Thanapat Saisaymar).
Together with his loved ones – including the spirit of his dead wife (Natthakarn Aphaiwong)
and his lost so read more
Through the Olive Trees
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Jan 27, 2014
Through the Olive Trees (Abbas Kiarostami, 1994)
It is the final part
of Abbas Kiarostami's Koker trilogy,
and the plot revolves around the production of the second episode, Life,
and Nothing More..., which itself was a
revisitation of the first film, Where Is the Friend's Home?.
Centered on read more